Not sure if it is like that because I’m in Korea, but on my Samsung S9 Samsung is injecting ads for their new S24 in my notifications. I’ve had the phone for 5 years and this is the first time I see ads in my phone notifications, unbelievable.
That’s really good anti-advertising.
Pretty much. How to guarantee I will never buy your brand ever again. Not that I would ever buy a Samsung anyway. Or anything preloaded with Facebook for that matter.
I think you haven’t seen how notification bar of a typical android user over 40 looks like. It’s usually 3 meters of random application bloat, music/movie/audiobook ads and three different weather widgets.
Digital hygiene is something only a very small percentage of users follow, so such ad might as well work while surrounded by 5 other ads
Samsung devices have become very ad-heavy. My first smart phone was a Galaxy S3 and I used to prefer their TVs, but forcing ads into everything has guaranteed I’ll never buy another Samsung phone or TV again.
My first samsung was wonderful and lasted me quite some time, my second one was asking me to add so many apps and accept so many permissions that I regret buying it. I don’t want to create waste by throwing it out but…
you can always install a custom rom.
samsung hardware is quite decent still despite their software being garbage
Wait, is Samsung the new Xiaomi?
Always has been.
Xiaomi is still much better than Samsung
I think that’s some app. Maybe one from Samsung, but it’s not the OS itself. OP probably unknowingly opted in to something. I have two S10e and never had an ad in the notifications. I don’t have a Samsung account. Could be related. … or it’s really a regional thing.
Bro you’re doing good, only 9993 steps to go
At 11am. What a life.
Custom ROMs FTW… no, seriously, most samsung phones have support for at least some custom ROMs and GSIs so it might be worth it to take a look at the options available for your device
I have a OnePlus 9 pro and I love lineageos but the camera… The camera is just way better on stock :(
What about the camera? That’s the only real problem for me.
It’s alright, not as good as stock by default (unless you’re using ncx which is oneui but not sh!t) but there are ways to improve it (using a custom version of gcam)
… and again. Not the same.
Do not get me wrong. I used to love custom ROMs since the days of android 1.6.
But if I pay 500€ and more for a phone I would not risk to unlock the bootloader. For my specific device (Samsung A52s) the camera app does not even open if I unlock the bootloader using the stock ROM.
Unfortunately it is not feasible for every day use. Camera, payments, netflix…
For an old phone, yes. It’s a good idea.
My phone is an A52s 5G and I got it specifically because you can mod it to oblivion, this phone has a huge modding community atm. Most ROMs include a workaround for netflix and as I stated above, there are ways to make the camera just as good as stock (I haven’t bothered, as imo the custom ROM’s camera is good enough), and as for payments… Yeah, got nothing there, GWallet used to work but google has been actively fighting against it, so it doesn’t anymore. I, personally am more than willing to drop GWallet to use a custom ROM… The amount of customization, community support, no fcking ads in the quick access menu and the knowledge that it’s my phone, I choose what is installed on it and what isn’t and unlimited GPhotos storage via a trick that most custom ROMs use is just way too good to pass on…
E: Idk wym by “camera doesn’t open if I unlock the bootloader” seems to work fine for me on CrDroid (custom ROM). Amd my question is, why would you use the stock rom if you’ve already went through the effort of unlocking the bootloader, OneUI sucks…
Imo it’s a good idea on any phone. Period. It’s MY phone, I BOUGHT it, I get to choose how long it gets updates for, what is installed and what happens to it, NOT samsung or the ISP…
E2: You got seriously ripped off, if you paid 500 Euro for an A52S
spoiler
Also netflix 💀
Really? I haven’t checked the scene recently! Wow! I have some reading to do!
Thanks!
One way to make me consider a different brand then.
Samsung has gone full HP since about 5-10 years ago. They used to have awesome products, now it’s just bloatware crap riding on customer goodwill that they built up over decades
Which products do you have?
remember the s5? ir blaster, waterproof, headphone jack, removable battery, lots of custom roms
now look at their recent devices
Ir blaster was a gimmick. S24 is IP68 rated. Really nice usb headphones are easy to come by if you don’t like Bluetooth. Show me a waterproof phone with a battery the average end user can replace.
Sounds like you just want to moan.
I had the S3, it was an awesome phone.
I experienced this on my Galaxy Tab A7 (in India), a few years ago. Using Universal Android Debloater got rid of this.
Ugh I hate those ads. I had a OnePlus for a few years and forgot about all the bloat you get with a Samsung phone. Recently decided to go for a Samsung phone as the other options didn’t seem much better. But now I keep getting ads from Google and Samsung in my notifications. I THINK I managed to disable some of it but it still keeps popping up once in a while.
Universal Android Debloater baby
Thanks for the tip! Checking it out right now. Does it also work if my mobile carrier isn’t on the list?
Not justifying this in any way but the S9 hasn’t received security updates in ages. It’s the phone equivalent to still running Windows XP, it’s a major security risk. You should upgrade to some newer phone. Personally I like the Pixels since you can run GrapheneOS which definitely doesn’t have any ads and the newest models get updates for 7 years.
Lineage runs just fine on it. If you have a international version. Im saying this from my starlte SMG-960f running lineage os running android 13 running on the October security update… Which I know has been updated since I just haven’t taken the time to update yet.
I feel like a broken record at this point, but putting LineageOS on it still doesn’t fix the issue of no driver and firmware updates and you sacrifice secure boot, which makes the whole thing not worth it imo.
At least go for DivestOS which does support secure boot whenever possible. Even then, there’s no making an end of life phone secure. You can only do harm reduction.
Hm ages seems to mean two years https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-galaxy-s9-march-2022-update-3134582/ but fair point.
Two years worth of known security vulnerabilities is VERY significant. That’s literally hundereds of them, at least.
That’s a long time
Same conclusion, perhaps look into putting lineage OS on it
Oh I didn’t know that’s possible!
Don’t use Lineage. It doesn’t even have secure boot. DivestOS would be a better option but keep in mind, there’s no making an end of life phone secure. All you can do is mitigate, like putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.
Tldr save up for a new phone and use DivestOS in the meantime for harm reduction only.
That’s not a real solution since you’ll still miss out on driver and firmware updates. Worst of all, installing Lineage gets rid of secure boot. Which needless to say, isn’t secure.
Better than nothing
In the case of LineageOS which doesn’t even support secure boot, I’d argue no. You may have a look at DivestOS though. Keep in mind no matter what you do, there’s no making an end of life device secure. You can only do harm reduction. Basically putting a bandaid on a bullet wound.
Which needless to say, isn’t secure.
#SecureInTheNameOnly
I just use adguard’s DNS in my VPN on my phone.
Only 7 steps?
This was my favorite part too. I like to imagine the 11 is pm too.
But I have no room to talk, I’ve had entire days where I left my house at 830am and got home at midnight but somehow walked fewer than 1,000 steps. Sometimes your ass just doesn’t get a break.
Ho many steps should it be?
8, you have to use both feet the same amount.
Y’all aren’t only jumping for transit?
Samsung is like the Internet in the pop up ads days. Free yourself from that garbage.
You literally have four different fonts in one screenshot. At least use a weather app that is less horrendous to look at, like Breezy Weather if you insist on open source.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8f7d5fbb-8574-4019-9817-76131bb65536.png
Samsung pushed an app in an update that plastered ads for charities all over my lock screen. Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.
Disabled that shit and my next phone isn’t going to be a Samsung.
You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though. It’s not like China crap won’t push ads and Samsung has second best Android support after Fairphone.
How about pixel?
How about pixel?
The only brand other than Galaxy I recommend to normies. For idealists there’s also Fairphone but that’s also not available everywhere.
normies
😞. People actually talk like this.
You won’t be able to disable that sort of things in most other phones, though.
LOL. You tryna sell me a Samsung at a 100% discount? Because I’d still maybe need you to cover shipping fees on that if that’s okay? Not tryna pay more than $0 to get spied on.
Samsungs hardware is pretty nice, but only when its running LineageOS or similar. Man their ux is awful.
Man their ux is awful.
Samsung pioneered a UX on big screens that works with only one thumb. It took Google a while to adapt that to upstream Android. Ports of OneUI to community ROMs are quite popular on XDA Developers.
OneUI UX is way superior to Lineage. Specially the newer OneUI 6. Lineage abuses tiles and toggles and it’s just ugly as sin overall.
I like Android but man Samsung’s version has always sucked
And they wonder why they can’t compete with the iPhone
And they wonder why they can’t compete with the iPhone
Samsung is ahead of Apple in almost every market.
Except for the profit margins, lol.
Are you an investor? Who gives a fuck?
Well the companies specifically. If we’re talking about two companies competing with each other it’s in what they’re trying to achieve.
Literally not true. They lost ground last year.
Not defending Apple. But fighting misinformation.
I was talking about most individual markets, not worldwide combined market share. There’s a difference and no amount of down voting changes that.
Perhaps you should have been clearer then, as evidently many people are not seeing it that way.
Perhaps that’s why you’re being downvoted. As if you care about those anyway, it isn’t really a measure we should use.
Take care!
I wrote “in almost every market” which is as clear as it can be. I’m being downvoted because die hard Samsung haters see red immediately and don’t care about facts.
Dude you have no idea why people are downvoting you and I don’t want to get involved in a conjecture based debate.
All I can say is what I know and honestly I don’t give a shit what phone you use. Or toilet paper or porn site. You do you my guy.
Apple over took Samsung in sales in 2023
https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-overtakes-samsung-top-seller-smartphones-2024-01-17/
So? Worldwide sales obviously include countries like the US. I made clear with my comment that I didn’t mean worldwide sales.
Quite sure this is going to be Korea thing
